



Princeton. N. J., June 15, 1910. 

The Annual Meeting of the Society was held at " The Indian King 
Tavern in Haddonfield, N. J., on May 21st. at 12:30 P. M. 

The following officers were elected : 

Presided, HON. RICHARD FOWLER STEVENS. Newark 

Vice-President, - - - GEN. ALFRED A. WOODHULL. Princeton 

Secretary, PROF. WILLIAM LIBBEY. Princeton 

Corresponding Secretary, ROBERT CHAMBERS BELVILLE. Trenton 

Treasurer, - - - - NEIL ROBERT MONTGOMERY. Trenton 

Registrar, FREDERICK HATFIELD CLARK, Trenton 

Historian, HON. CHARLES W. PARKER. Trenton 

Chaplain, REV. CHARLES MARTER PERKINS. Vineland 



Board of Managers: 

JOHN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL FOSTER C. GRIFFITH 

COL. THOMAS S. CHAMBERS HORACE FRANKLIN NIXON 

REV. DANIEL R. FOSTER WILLIAM E. REEVE 

EPHRAIM T. GILL REV. HAMILTON SCHUYLER 

JAMES HERVEY STOUT 



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The Registrar's report on the membership of the Society shows that four- 
teen new members have been added to the roll of the Society during the past 
year, as follows : 

New members admitted : 

Mr. J. W. R. Besson, Hoboken 

Mr. J. A. Baird, Beverley 

Mr. W. Moore, Hopewell 

Mr. H. G. Taylor, Jr., Camden 

Mr. R. C. Tayior, Camden 

Mr. N. W. Foster, Trenton 

Mr. J. F. Sutton, New York City 

Mr. F. J. B. Sutton, New York City 

Mr. C. F. Adams, Trenton 

Mr. W. A. Newell, Trenton 

Mr. J. M. Green, Trenton 

Mr. W. G. Moore, Haddonfleld 

Mr. H. D. Moore, Haddonfield 

Mr. G. J. Bergen, Camden 



One member of the Society has died during the past year, Mr. Richard 
Coulter Oliphant, and one former member has been reinstated, Mr. D. S. 
Robeson. 



The total number of members so far enrolled was .... 242 

Deceased 48 

Dropped, 35 

Leaving the number of active members . . 1 59 

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The Historian has reported the following Memorial : 

EtrliarJj Oloulter (iltpl|attt 

Richard Coulter Oliphant died at his home in Trenton, New Jersey, on 
the fourth day of March, of the present year. He had been a member of 
this Society since May the tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and had 
been a faithful attendant at all meetings and showed much interest in its pros- 
perity and advancement. Descended from distinguished ancestry, he never 
forgot his obligations as a patriotic citizen of America, nor his duty to the public 
and to consistent honesty of thought or conduct. 

Genial, generous, cultivated, intellectual, manly and simple-minded, we 
shall miss the presence among us which the companionship of eighteen years 
has taught us to value most highly. 

He was descended from Benjamin Campbell, Sr., of Pennsylvania, who 
served in the New Jersey campaign during the Revolution ; also John Oliphant, 
from Pennsylvania, who served in Hand's Rifle Corps and was present on the 
skirmish line between Lawrenceville and Princeton, Jan. 2nd, 1 777, and also 
served with Washington at Morristown. 



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The Treasurer reports as follows : 

RECEIPTS TO MAY 1st, 1910. 

To Balance on hand May 1st, 1909 $1,237 46 

Sale of American Tobacco Co. Stock 1 ,806 39 

Dividend on American Tobacco Co. Stock 27 00 

Interest on Mortgage 57 00 

Sales of Wines, etc., left over from the Meeting of May 1 9th, 

1909 12 62 

Amount collected from the visiting Patriotic Societies tow^ards 
the expense of the lunch at the Meeting of February 

22nd, 1910 143 50 

13 Initiation Fees at $10 1 30 00 

Assessments for National Guard Trophy 4 00 

Dues and Registration Fees 803 75 

Interest on General Fund to January 1 st, 1 9 1 115 

Interest on Permanent Fund to January 1st, 1910 ... . 7 58 



Total $4,230 95 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

By Bond and Mortgage, (Investment) $2,300 00 

Donation to Revolution Society of New^ Jersey 50 00 

Donation to Revolution Society of Rocky Hill 25 00 

Donation to French Soldiers Monument 75 00 

Tablets for Fort Mercer 225 00 

Expense of May, 1 909, Meeting 1 49 2 I 

Expense of Woodbury Meeting 2550 

Expense of February Meeting. (This item was shared by the 
visiting Patriotic Societies as per the item $143.50, 

leaving a balance of expense to our Society of $220.15) 363 65 

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Dues to the General Society 31 15 

Printing, Stationery, Postage and General Expense .... 1 32 32 



$3,383 43 

Bank Balance, General Fund $681 80 

Bank Balance, Permanent Fund 1 65 72 

$847 52 



Total $4,230 95 



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ASSETS. 

Book Accounts Receivable $231 50 

Bond and Mortgage 2,300 00 

Bank Balance, General Fund 681 80 

Bank Balance, Permanent Fund 1 65 72 



$3,379 02 



LIABILITIES-None. 



(Signed), N. R. MONTGOMERY, Treasurer. 

May 1st, 1910. 



Audited May 1 2 th, 1910, and found correct : 

BAYARD STOCKTON, 
ROBT. C. BELVILLE, 

Auditing Committee. 
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On February 22nd, 1910, a Union Meeting of the Patriotic Societies of 
the State was held in Trenton, N. J. The first portion of the exercises con- 
sisted of a Religious service held in St. Michael's and conducted by the Rev. 
T. Bond Holland, Rector of the Church, who delivered the sermon on the 
occasion. At the close of these services the Societies assembled in the State 
House where the various Societies were received and their fiags presented to 
the meeting. The following Societies were represented : 

Colonial Wars 

Colonial Dames 

Sons of the American Revolution 

Daughters of the American Revolution 

War of 1812 

Daughters of 1812 

Washington's Headquarters Association, and 

Sons of the Revolution 

The ceremony was concluded with the pledge to the flag repeated by 
all present. 

A patriotic address was delivered by Dr. J. M. Green, of Trenton, upon 
the subject of the Relations of the Society to the large number of Immigrants 
reaching this Country every year. 

Luncheon was served to the Societies after the address. 

At this Meeting a Committee was appointed to urge upon the Committee 
on appropriations of the State the necessity of securing the publication of all 
the War Records of the State, emd it is pleeisant to report that an appropriation 
of $3,500 was secured with which to commence this work. The Society 
has also taken action endorsing the plan proposed by the State Commission 
appointed to properly mark the place where Washington crossed the Delaware. 

WILLIAM LIBBEY, 

Secretary. 



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